iPhone app news: iBats turns your iPhone into a Batphone

Now we just need to perfect that ridiculous Christian Bale Batman voice.

If you're anything like us, you spend most of your free time pretending to be The Caped Crusader, so today's news of an app that can help record the presence of the winged creatures of the night is a timely boost for the weekend's festivities.

With the aid of an ultrasonic microphone the iBats application for Android and iPhone can capture the inaudible-to-the-human ear calls of 900 different species of bat around the world.

The app is designed for the purposes of the 700-strong volunteer bat-spotting members of the iBats website. Once you've made your recording the app will upload it to the website where specialised software will identify the species.